Smoking Cessation Service

Need help to quit?

Many people find quitting smoking difficult. Regardless of how long you’ve been smoking, the addiction to nicotine - and often the routines and social habits that form around it - can feel impossible to remove.

Make sure you read all the information on this page before you book.

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The Smoking Cessation Service - FAQs

  • We’ll ask to see you every week to check your progress.

  • If you want to stop smoking, and you’re not having success quitting on your own, you can come in for an initial consultation and we’ll take it from there.

    We have a number of prescription therapies to help with smoking cessation, however, they are not suitable for everyone, so you’d need a consultation to determine eligibility anyway.

  • If you want to stop smoking, and you’ve had no luck trying to quit on your own, you could try the service.

    We’ll do our best to support you however we can.

  • The purpose of the smoking cessation service is to help you to quit through a mixture of support, self-care advice, and prescribed medicines.

    There is no guarantee that this will work - however - the service aims to provide you with all the tools you need to quit, for good.

  • Yes. Prescribed medicines (if appropriate for you) may help to reduce cravings, however, you cannot hope to quit smoking relying on medicines alone.

    Breaking the habits that surround smoking is one of the main barriers to quitting. You’ll also need support from the people around you.

    You are not expected to have the ‘perfect quit’ - everyone has setbacks and this is normal.

    However, you are expected to continue working for progress towards quitting.

  • Some people are eligible for nicotine replacement therapy through the NHS. You can speak to your GP or local community pharmacy for more information on eligibility for this service.

    Unfortunately, as we are a private pharmacy with no NHS contract, we are unable to offer NHS services, including the NHS smoking cessation services.

  • For each visit you need, you’ll have:

    • A full consultation with the pharmacist, who will assess the suitability of the service for you and be able to answer any questions you may have

    • Any medicines needed are prescribed by the pharmacist

    • A patient-information leaflet from the manufacturers of the medicines

    • A comprehensive follow-up document which details the specifics of the medicine(s) for your information, when we next expect to see you, other tips to help with cravings, and for you to forward to your GP

  • The cost of the smoking cessation service varies from person to person.

    The cost of the initial consultation is £20.

    Consultations and medications for continuing patients vary in price depending on what is prescribed:

    If you’re prescribed nicotine replacement products, (such as Nicorette), you’ll pay £10 + the price of the medication (varies by formulation), per visit each week.

    If you’re prescribed Zyban (bupropion), you’ll pay £20 for the consultation and medication for week 1, and £30 for the consultation and medication each of the following weeks.

    If you’re prescribed Cytisine, you’ll pay £196 for the consultation and 25 days’ medication. You’ll be expected to attend weekly for a check-in with our prescriber.

    If you’re prescribed Varenicline, it’s £55 for every 2 weeks of treatment. You can have up to 12 weeks of treatment with Varenicline.